Vince Beiser
@vincebeiser.bsky.social
Journalist, author of "Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future." Follow me at powermetal.substack.com.
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This needs to get a LOT of traction.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This needs to get a LOT of traction.
Good: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry
; and more in this week's Power Metal! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/one-indige...
; and more in this week's Power Metal! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/one-indige...
One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry
Plus: Another American Company Wants to Mine the Sea Floor; Accidental Metal Art; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry
; and more in this week's Power Metal! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/one-indige...
; and more in this week's Power Metal! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/one-indige...
Vapes Are Even Worse Than You Think
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more in the latest Power Metal newsletter! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/vapes-are-...
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more in the latest Power Metal newsletter! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/vapes-are-...
Vapes Are Even Worse Than You Think
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Vapes Are Even Worse Than You Think
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more in the latest Power Metal newsletter! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/vapes-are-...
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more in the latest Power Metal newsletter! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/vapes-are-...
This pretty much says it all: US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This pretty much says it all: US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Unexpected Upside of E-Waste ‘Dumping’
Plus: Lithium Boom Towns Go Bust; Magnificent Metal Masks; and more in this week’s Power Metal newsletter. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
Plus: Lithium Boom Towns Go Bust; Magnificent Metal Masks; and more in this week’s Power Metal newsletter. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
The Unexpected Upside of E-Waste ‘Dumping’
Plus: Lithium Boom Towns Go Bust; Magnificent Metal Masks; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Unexpected Upside of E-Waste ‘Dumping’
Plus: Lithium Boom Towns Go Bust; Magnificent Metal Masks; and more in this week’s Power Metal newsletter. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
Plus: Lithium Boom Towns Go Bust; Magnificent Metal Masks; and more in this week’s Power Metal newsletter. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/the-unexpe...
Electric Vehicles Are Key to Modern Warfare
Plus Kashmir's rivers are running dry, Dragon of Spoons, and more in this week’s Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/electric-v...
Plus Kashmir's rivers are running dry, Dragon of Spoons, and more in this week’s Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/electric-v...
Electric Vehicles Are Key to Modern Warfare
Plus Kashmir's rivers are running dry, Dragon of Spoons and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Electric Vehicles Are Key to Modern Warfare
Plus Kashmir's rivers are running dry, Dragon of Spoons, and more in this week’s Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/electric-v...
Plus Kashmir's rivers are running dry, Dragon of Spoons, and more in this week’s Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/electric-v...
Hey Vancouver folks—hope to see you on Friday at this panel I'm on with @marcellodicintio.bsky.social, Don Gillmor and David Beers at the Vancouver Writers Fest!
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writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hey Vancouver folks—hope to see you on Friday at this panel I'm on with @marcellodicintio.bsky.social, Don Gillmor and David Beers at the Vancouver Writers Fest!
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
New newsletter! China Clamps Down on Rare Earths
Plus: Battery Recycling is Poisoning Millions of Kids; Power Metal updates; and more #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/china-clam...
Plus: Battery Recycling is Poisoning Millions of Kids; Power Metal updates; and more #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/china-clam...
China Clamps Down on Rare Earths
Plus: Battery Recycling is Poisoning Millions of Kids; Power Metal updates; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New newsletter! China Clamps Down on Rare Earths
Plus: Battery Recycling is Poisoning Millions of Kids; Power Metal updates; and more #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/china-clam...
Plus: Battery Recycling is Poisoning Millions of Kids; Power Metal updates; and more #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/china-clam...
Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee
Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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Submissions are now OPEN for Orion’s Summer 2026 whale issue, The Deep Dive. Send us your pitches about cetaceans! (Just one thing: no orcas. You *know* we’ve already got them covered.) Deadline is October 15.
orionmagazine.org/submission-g...
orionmagazine.org/submission-g...
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Submissions are now OPEN for Orion’s Summer 2026 whale issue, The Deep Dive. Send us your pitches about cetaceans! (Just one thing: no orcas. You *know* we’ve already got them covered.) Deadline is October 15.
orionmagazine.org/submission-g...
orionmagazine.org/submission-g...
"Forget EVS. Cycling is revolutionising transport." Amen! Check it out @taras-grescoe.com www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Forget EVS. Cycling is revolutionising transport." Amen! Check it out @taras-grescoe.com www.economist.com/internationa...
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The e-cargo bike in question is from North Vancouver’s pilot lending program, which makes a variety of electric bicycles available for residents to borrow at for free from a branch of their local library. We were honoured to learn it was inspired by a chapter of our book ‘Building the Cycling City’!
October 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The e-cargo bike in question is from North Vancouver’s pilot lending program, which makes a variety of electric bicycles available for residents to borrow at for free from a branch of their local library. We were honoured to learn it was inspired by a chapter of our book ‘Building the Cycling City’!
America Goes Socialist With Critical Metals
Plus: Beijing Ratchets Up Rare Earth Restrictions, News About This Newsletter, and more in this week's Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/america-go...
Plus: Beijing Ratchets Up Rare Earth Restrictions, News About This Newsletter, and more in this week's Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/america-go...
America Goes Socialist With Critical Metals
Plus: Beijing Ratchets Up Rare Earth Restrictions, News About This Newsletter, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
America Goes Socialist With Critical Metals
Plus: Beijing Ratchets Up Rare Earth Restrictions, News About This Newsletter, and more in this week's Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/america-go...
Plus: Beijing Ratchets Up Rare Earth Restrictions, News About This Newsletter, and more in this week's Power Metal. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/america-go...
John Paulson, a close Trump pal, made $70 million yesterday when the administration announced it was investing in a company in which Paulson owns a ton of stock. www.forbes.com/sites/hanktu...
Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals
One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.
www.forbes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
John Paulson, a close Trump pal, made $70 million yesterday when the administration announced it was investing in a company in which Paulson owns a ton of stock. www.forbes.com/sites/hanktu...
Vince Beiser | 'The Wire Of Empire' Copper, Power & the Race to Mine the Future
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October 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Why *not* to boycott Israeli films. Well argued by @gershomg.bsky.social :
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films
Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.
www.theatlantic.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Why *not* to boycott Israeli films. Well argued by @gershomg.bsky.social :
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
@theatlantic.com on "Extraction", "Power Metal" and other worthy critical metal books...
#powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
#powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
There Is No Green Transition Without Consequences
A new book argues that simply replacing fossil-fuel extraction with critical-mineral mining is no way out of the climate crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@theatlantic.com on "Extraction", "Power Metal" and other worthy critical metal books...
#powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
#powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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When the first amendment meets pepper spray to the face....
October 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When the first amendment meets pepper spray to the face....
Rare Earth Mining is Imperiling One of Asia’s Most Important Rivers
Plus, 'Frontiers of Green Capitalism,' big award announcement, and more. #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/rare-earth...
Plus, 'Frontiers of Green Capitalism,' big award announcement, and more. #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/rare-earth...
Rare Earth Mining is Imperiling One of Asia’s Most Important Rivers
Plus, 'Frontiers of Green Capitalism,' big award announcement, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
powermetal.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Rare Earth Mining is Imperiling One of Asia’s Most Important Rivers
Plus, 'Frontiers of Green Capitalism,' big award announcement, and more. #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/rare-earth...
Plus, 'Frontiers of Green Capitalism,' big award announcement, and more. #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/rare-earth...
Deeply honored! Congrats to my fellow finalists.
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Deeply honored! Congrats to my fellow finalists.
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Your tax dollars at work...
Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Your tax dollars at work...
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
Bullet Metals vs Salmon Habitat
Plus: Copper vs Ocean Fish, Sea Mining Update, and I Metalli del Potere! #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/bullet-met...
Plus: Copper vs Ocean Fish, Sea Mining Update, and I Metalli del Potere! #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/bullet-met...
Bullet Metals vs Salmon Habitat
Plus: Copper vs Ocean Fish, Sea Mining Update, and I Metalli del Potere!
powermetal.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bullet Metals vs Salmon Habitat
Plus: Copper vs Ocean Fish, Sea Mining Update, and I Metalli del Potere! #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/bullet-met...
Plus: Copper vs Ocean Fish, Sea Mining Update, and I Metalli del Potere! #powermetal #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/bullet-met...